On Location

Warm Respect for a Scottish Ruin

By CAROLINE EDNIE

On the tiny Isle of Coll in northwest Scotland, a modern five-bedroom farmhouse has risen from an abandoned 18th-century limestone house.

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Square Feet

Prebuilt Offices Now Draw Higher-End Tenants

By JONATHAN VATNER

Prebuilds, or office spaces a developer builds out before leasing them, are becoming a major part of a building’s sales strategy, often attracting high-end tenants.

Square Feet

To Meet Demand for Chips, Samsung Bets Big on Austin

By KRISTINA SHEVORY

Samsung is spending $3.6 billion to expand its Austin, Tex., plant to 2.3 million square feet, one the largest factories of any kind in North America.

Beazer Homes Posts Second-Quarter Loss

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The home builder reported a decline in new orders, and cut more than 100 jobs.

The Appraisal

For Brooklyn Renters, Look but Don’t Swim

By CARA BUCKLEY

Low- and middle-income tenants occupy buildings that abut those of luxury condominium owners.

Norman Mailer’s Eclectic Life, as Seen Through His Last Home

By JOSEPH BERGER

Norman Mailer’s apartment, now for sale, is filled with furnishings, photographs and knickknacks that evoke the writer’s life.

Bill in State Senate Would Relax Rent Rules

By CHARLES V. BAGLI

The landlords of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village would not have to repay big rent increases, and thousands of other apartments could be affected.

Habitats

The Reconstituted Row House

By CONSTANCE ROSENBLUM

Brendan Coburn, an architect, gutted the interior of an 1847 row house in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, to create a sleek, modern space for his family to live in.

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Dusting Off the Maid’s Room

By VIVIAN S. TOY

Several new developments have incorporated maid’s rooms into their larger apartments, some of them generously sized and with en-suite bathrooms.

The Hunt

A Pied-à-Terre for East Coast Sojourns

By JOYCE COHEN

Claire Baiz, a Montana businesswoman who visits New York for weeks at a time, went looking for a studio in a prewar building.

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Posting

Developers Create Neighborhood Feel With Condos and Shops

By ALISON GREGOR

The developers of Hamilton Square in Jersey City have attracted an assortment of homegrown retailers to the new 124-unit condominium project.

Streetscapes | Upper Fifth Avenue

Way Uptown in Hospital Country

By CHRISTOPHER GRAY

The apartment houses on Fifth Avenue at 101st and 102nd Streets are a kind of residential island, surrounded by Mount Sinai hospital and other medical institutions.

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